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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. Harsh - discordant - and lack of harmony. Also a chord that sounds incomplete until it resolves itself on a harmonious chord.
March
Cantata
Sequence
Dissonance
2. The intonation - pitch - and modulation of a composition expressing the meaning - feeling - or attitude of the music.
Symphony
Tone
Cadenza
Drone
3. The unit of measure where the beats on the lines of the staff are divided up into two - three - four beats to a measure.
Form
Vibrato
Falsetto
Measure
4. An important characteristic of the Romantic period. It is a style where the strict tempo is temporarily abandoned for a more emotional tone.
Clef
Movement
Rubato
Forte
5. A short piece originally preceded by a more substantial work - also an orchestral introduction to opera - however not lengthy enough to be considered an overture.
Renaissance
Prelude
Mezzo
Atonal
6. Where the musical themes and melodies are developed - written in sonata form.
Oratorio
Scale
Development
Interpretation
7. A form of music written for marching in two-step time. Originally the march was used for military processions.
Notation
March
Slur
Grazioso
8. Word to indicate that the movement or entire composition is to be played smoothly.
Deceptive cadence
Legato
Harmony
Symphony
9. String instruments that are picked instead of bowed.
Sonata form
Natural
Pizzicato
Glissando
10. A dance written in triple time - where the accent falls on the first beat of each measure.
Waltz
Progression
Measure
Scordatura
11. A string of chords played in succession.
Treble
Clavier
Chord progression
Portamento
12. String instruments that are picked instead of bowed.
Pizzicato
Parody
Nocturne
Renaissance
13. A form of Italian opera beginning at the end of the 19th century. The setting is contemporary to the composer's own time - and the characters are modeled after every day life.
Verismo
Form
Coda
Klangfarbenmelodie
14. A composition written for a solo instrument. The soloist plays the melody while the orchestra plays the accompaniment.
Virtuoso
Concerto
Madrigal
Modes
15. Word to indicate that the movement or entire composition is to be played grandly.
Neoclassical
Grandioso
Interpretation
Cadence
16. A tempo having slow movement; restful at ease.
Recapitulation
Dissonance
Adagio
Capriccio
17. A system of notation for stringed instruments. The notes are indicated by the finger positions.
Tablature
EnharmonicInterval
System
Theme
18. The tonal characteristics determined by the relationship of the notes to the tone.
Key signature
Tonality
Unison
Portamento
19. Lowest female singing voice.
Twelve-tone music
Mezzo
Contralto
Chorus
20. A symbol used in musical notation indicating to gradually quicken tempo.
Staff
Twelve-tone music
Accelerando
Gregorian Chant
21. Time signature with three beats to the measure.
Triple time
Measure
Monotone
Whole note
22. The frequency of a note determining how high or low it sounds.
Trio
Pitch
Atonal
Tablature
23. A composition written for three voices and instruments performed by three people
Part
Trio
Serenade
Staff
24. A quick 20th century dance written in double time.
Clavier
Rigaudon
Madrigal
Consonance
25. Group of singers in a chorus.
Choir
Triple time
Opera
Nonet
26. The element of music pertaining to time - played as a grouping of notes into accented and unaccented beats.
Voice
Tuning
Progression
Rhythm
27. The piece of cane in wind instruments. The players cause vibrations by blowing through it in order to produce sound.
Round
Reprise
Reed
Atonal
28. Repetition of a single tone.
Mezzo
Monotone
Time Signature
Forte
29. Pertains to tone or tones.
Relative pitch
Tonal
Galliard
Vibrato
30. The structure of a piece of music.
Form
Tuning
Grazioso
Interpretation
31. A short piece originally preceded by a more substantial work - also an orchestral introduction to opera - however not lengthy enough to be considered an overture.
Tonal
Recapitulation
Prelude
Tonality
32. A symbol in sheet music that returns a note to its original pitch after it has been augmented or diminished.
Sonata
Obbligato
Accelerando
Natural
33. A group of 4 instruments - two violins - a viola - and cello.
String Quartet
Tone
Glee
Piano
34. Rapid alternation between notes that are a half tone or whole tone apart.
Relative major and minor
Intermezzo
Musicology
Trill
35. Tones used to embellish the principal melodic tone.
Development
Grave
Neoclassical
Ornaments
36. A book of text containing the words of an opera.
Libretto
Polytonality
Polytonality
Glissando
37. A piece of music written for two vocalists or instrumentalists.
Phrase
Drone
Classicism
Duet
38. Pertaining to the loudness or softness of a musical composition. Also the symbols in sheet music indicating volume.
Temperament
Dynamics
Slide
Pentatonic Scale
39. Indicating speed.
Tone less
EnharmonicInterval
Accessible
Tempo
40. Three notes played in the same amount of time as one or two beats.
Triplet
Contralto
Cadence
Fifth
41. Primary theme or subject that is developed.
Register
Motif
Time Signature
Key signature
42. A numeric symbol in sheet music determining the number of beats to a measure.
Grandioso
Time Signature
Overture
Modes
43. A piece of music written in triple time. Also an old French dance.
Sharp
Octave
Tonal
Courante
44. Three to four movement orchestral piece - generally in sonata form.
Expressionism
Sonatina
Part
Symphony
45. An instrumental lament with praise for the dead.
Elegy
Parody
Etude
Slur
46. A scale consisting of only whole-tone notes. Such a scale consists of only 6 notes.
Cantabile
Presto
Sequence
Whole-tone scale
47. A period in history dating from the 14th to 16th centuries. This period signified the rebirth of music - art - and literature.
Renaissance
Cadenza
Refrain
Carol
48. Originally an improvised cadence by a soloist. Later it became a written out passage to display performance skills of an instrumentalist or performer.
March
Sequence
Relative pitch
Cadenza
49. First developed in the 8th century - methods of writing music.
Adagio
Notation
Resonance
Ensemble
50. A chord progression that seems to lead to resolving itself on the final chord; but does not.
Choir
Deceptive cadence
Octave
Da Capo